5 Questions
The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in ______.
South Asia
For some two hundred years, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan Plateau in ______.
South India
The Mughal Empire is conventionally said to have been founded in 1526 by Babur, a chieftain from what is today Uzbekistan, who employed aid from the neighboring Safavid and Ottoman Empires, to defeat the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, in the First Battle of Panipat, and to sweep down the plains of North ______.
India
The Mughal imperial structure, however, is sometimes dated to 1600, to the rule of Babur's grandson, ______.
Akbar
This imperial structure lasted until 1720, until shortly after the death of the last major emperor, ______, during whose reign the empire also achieved its maximum geographical extent.
Aurangzeb
Study Notes
Mughal Empire Overview
- The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in India.
- The empire stretched from the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan Plateau in central India.
Founding and Expansion
- The Mughal Empire was founded in 1526 by Babur, a chieftain from Uzbekistan.
- Babur employed aid from the neighboring Safavid and Ottoman Empires to defeat the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, in the First Battle of Panipat.
- Babur swept down the plains of North India and expanded the empire.
Imperial Structure
- The Mughal imperial structure is sometimes dated to 1600, during the rule of Babur's grandson, Akbar.
- The imperial structure lasted until 1720, shortly after the death of the last major emperor, Aurangzeb.
- During Aurangzeb's reign, the empire achieved its maximum geographical extent.
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